Northern Ireland will introduce a smoking ban
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A failure of leadership? Why Northern Ireland must introduce a total ban on workplace smoking.
The decisionby ShaunWoodward, Northern Ireland's Minister for Health, Social Services, and Public Safety to opt for only a partial ban on smoking in public places has been greeted with widespread incredulity. Smoking kills'about 3,000 people in Northern Ireland every year, nearly as many as died in all the years of "the troubles", and his decision flew in the face ofa widespread public consulta...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.331.7522.922-b